JPH07214704A - Assembly device of box - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify and expedite the assembly of a box, by a method wherein fixed pattern paper is put on a mounting face, a side fringe of an intermediate part is positioned and held by a connecting member, a bending piece and side piece of the pattern paper are bent upward by the first and second bending members and held at a stood-up state, a pressing-down member is lowered, the tip part of a side piece is pressed down and bent into a fixed shape. CONSTITUTION:Pattern paper is put on a pattern paper mounting face of a frame I, a side fringe of an intermediate part abuts against an abutting plate 2a and the other side fringe is held by a press member 2c. The first and second bending members 3, 7a, 7b are turned by stepping on a footboard, bending piece is stood up and the side piece is folded back downward. When a foot board is stepped on further, the first bending member 3 is restored to a horizontal state, the side piece is held at the stood up state by the second bending members 7a, 7b and the side piece is pressed into the central part of a box by the tip part of a claw. Under a state where the footboard is stepped on, a press plate 18 is lowered by a handle 19, after confirmation that the tip part of the side piece of the pattern paper is fitted into the press plate 18, the press plate 18 is lowered completely to the bottom and the box is completed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a box assembling apparatus which folds a predetermined pattern to assemble a box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a general farmer assembles a predetermined corrugated cardboard box by himself when packing and shipping agricultural products such as strawberries. An example of this type of box is the one shown in FIG. 13, in which a single pattern S (see FIG. 7) is used.
Is bent to assemble a cardboard box with an upper opening and a partition. In FIG. 7, S ₁ is a bent piece that is formed in the middle of the template S and serves as opposite side walls of the box, and S _{2 to} S ₅ are side pieces of the template S, of which S Reference numeral ₂ is a portion that becomes the other side wall facing each other, and S _{3 to} S ₅ are portions that are folded inside the box to become an inner side surface, an inner bottom surface, and a partition.

[0003]

However, assembling the above-mentioned corrugated cardboard box currently depends on manual work only, and even a skilled person takes a lot of time to assemble a large amount of it. Was requested.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a box assembling apparatus capable of simply and quickly assembling a box.

[0005]

For this purpose, the following box assembly device was created. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a box assembling apparatus that folds a predetermined pattern to assemble a box, and includes a frame having a substantially horizontal placement surface on which the pattern is placed, and an intermediate portion of the pattern on the frame. A locking member that is provided so that the side edge can be locked and that positions and holds the side edge on the placement surface, and a rotatably provided on the frame that abuts the intermediate portion and is formed there. A first bending member capable of taking an upright posture to bend a folded piece of the template that is bent upward, and a side piece of the template that is rotatably provided on the frame and extends from the intermediate portion and moves it upward. A second bending member that can be in a standing posture to be bent, and is provided to the frame so as to be able to move up and down, and engages with a tip end portion of the side piece that is in a standing state when descending from an upper retracted position separated from the mounting surface, Push down the tip It is characterized with the pressing member for bending the side pieces, the first bending member, further comprising a drive mechanism capable of driving the second bending member and the pressing member by.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the invention according to claim 1
In the box assembling apparatus described above, the frame is provided with a baffle member configured to come into contact with the side piece of the paper pattern when it is folded upward by the second bending member and to pass through in a state of being folded back downward. It is characterized by that.

In the invention according to claim 3, the invention according to claim 2
In the box assembling apparatus, the drive mechanism includes a foot-operated drive lever capable of rotating the first and second bending members,
It is characterized by comprising a manual handle capable of moving up and down the pressing member.

[0008]

When assembling a box by the box assembling apparatus according to the first aspect, a predetermined pattern is placed on the placement surface of the frame, and the side edge of the middle portion of the pattern is positioned and held by the locking member.
Then, the first bending member is rotated to fold the folded piece of the pattern paper upward so as to stand up, while the second bending member is rotated to fold the side piece of the pattern paper upward so as to maintain the standing state. Next, the push-down member is lowered, the push-down member is engaged with the tip of the standing side piece, and the tip is pushed down to bend the side piece into a predetermined shape.

Further, in the box assembling apparatus of claim 2,
The side piece of the paper pattern which is bent upward by the second bending member comes into contact with the baffle member, and when passing through the baffle member, the side piece is folded back downward to make a crease.

In the box assembling apparatus of claim 3,
When the operator operates the foot-operated drive lever, the first and second
The bending member rotates at a predetermined timing, and when the manual handle is turned, the pressing member descends.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the box assembling apparatus, FIG. 2 is a left side view, and FIG.
Is a top view and FIG. 4 is a rear view. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the frame 1 is made of equilateral angle steel and flat steel in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the horizontal bars 1a and 1b and the vertical bars 1c to 1f are provided above the frame 1 on a horizontal plane (pattern A mounting surface) is formed. A pattern S (corrugated cardboard having the shape shown in FIG. 7 in this embodiment) placed on the pattern mounting surface on the cross rail 1a.
Abutting plates 2a, 2a for abutting and positioning one side edge of one side, and a concave portion corresponding to the thickness of the pattern S is formed on the horizontal rail 1a so that the side edge of the pattern S can be inserted. The stop plate 2b is attached, and the stop plate 2b is provided on the side of the horizontal rail 1b.
A pressing member 2c is provided opposite to b so as to be movable in the horizontal direction and capable of sandwiching the other side edge of the pattern paper S. The contact plate 2a, the stop plate 2b, and the pressing member 2c form the locking member according to the present invention.

Between the vertical bars 1b to 1c, as shown in FIG.
As shown in enlarged form, four first bending members 3 to 3 are rotatably supported by supporting shafts 4 to 4, one end of which is connected to the center of the lower surface of the first bending members 3 to 3. The other ends of the links 5 to 5 are connected to the upper connecting portions 6a, 6a of the substantially T-shaped lifting member 6 which is inserted through the support pipe 1g at the center of the frame 1. Then, the first bending member 3 is in a state of lying along the pattern mounting surface when the elevating member 6 is in the lowered position, but when the elevating member 6 rises, the imaginary lines are shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5. As shown in, the link 5 pushes it up to stand up from the pattern mounting surface. The drive mechanism for moving the lifting member 6 up and down will be described later.

Further, the upper part of the frame 1 is shown in FIGS.
For reference, a pair of rectangular frame-shaped second bending members 7a and 7b are arranged at left and right positions sandwiching the first bending member 3, and round bar-shaped base end sides 7c and 7d thereof extend along the vertical bars 1d and 1e. Is rotatably supported by the horizontal rails 1a and 1b, and pulleys 7g and 7h are fixed to the tip ends thereof. Then, when the second bending members 7a and 7b are pivoted about the base end sides 7c and 7d to be in the upright state, see FIG.
The toe parts 7e and 7f of a and 7b are arranged to face each other. It should be noted that springs 8, 8 for returning the second bending members 7a, 7b that have stood up to a substantially horizontal state are attached between the second bending members 7a, 7b and the frame 1.

Next, a drive mechanism for moving up and down the lifting member 6 and rotating the second bending members 7a and 7b will be described. 1 and 2, a first lever 9a and a second lever 9b (also referred to as drive levers), which can be rotated around a support shaft 1h, are provided in a lower portion of the frame 1 in order to restrict a rotation range of both levers. They are arranged side by side in a state of penetrating the portal-shaped guides 10 attached to the frame 1. As shown in FIG. 6, a mounting plate 9d having a pin 9c protruding therefrom is fixed to the second lever 9b, and a slide member 11 having a long hole 11a engaged with the pin 9c can be slid left and right on the mounting plate 9d. Is attached to. In addition, 11c is a slide member 11
Is a spring that biases the rightward direction. The slide member 11 can be engaged and disengaged with the first lever 9a by sliding to the left and right. The lower end of the slide member 11 has an outer peripheral portion of a bearing 10a provided on the frame 1 side. Plate cam portion 11 that can be contacted
b is formed. 1 to 3, 9e is the second
It is a tread plate attached to the lever 9b.

Therefore, when the step board 9e is stepped on, the second lever 9b and the first lever 9a are interlocked from the state shown in FIG. 6A to the state shown in FIG.
Since b comes into contact with the bearing 10a, the slide member 11 gradually slides, and at the position shown in FIG. 6B, the engagement between the slide member 11 and the first lever 9a is released.
When the step board 9e is further stepped on, only the second lever 9b rotates to the position shown in FIG. 6 (c). Both levers 9a and 9b are urged to return to the initial position shown in FIG. 6 (a) via a wire or the like described below.

1 and 2, a first wire 12a is connected to the first lever 9a, and the first wire 1a
2a is the lower end portion 6b of the lifting member 6 via the pulley 12b
Connected to. In addition, the elevating member 6 is attached to the wire 1 by its own weight.
2a is pulled to bring the first bending member 3 into a substantially horizontal state and the first lever 9a is pulled up to the upper rotation position. On the other hand, the second lever connected to the second lever 9b
The wire 13a is guided to the rear surface side of the frame 1 via pulleys 13b and 13c, and the tip of the wire is connected to a T rod 14 which is vertically inserted through a support pipe 1j. Further, referring to FIG. 4, the tips of the third wires 15a and 15b connected to the left and right ends of the upper side of the T rod 14 are not
The pulleys 7g and 7h fixed to the bending members 7a and 7b are connected to the pulleys 7g and 7h, and the third wire 15
When the a and 15b are pulled, the second bending members 7a and 7b rotate. The second bending members 7a and 7b
Is horizontal, the T-rod 14 is pulled up by the third wires 15a and 15b, and the second wire 13a pulls up the second lever 9b to the upper rotation position.

At the upper left and right positions of the frame 1, arms 16 extending horizontally above the template mounting surface are provided.
a and 16b are provided, and rollers 16c and 16d (also referred to as baffle members) are rotatably attached to the intermediate portions of the arms 16a and 16b. The purpose of providing this baffle member is to make a pattern S by a simple means at the time of box assembly described later.
This is to make a crease on the side piece, so that the posture of the side piece in the middle of bending is stable, and the pressing member of the present device can be simply configured accordingly.

An elevating rod 17c is inserted through two guide pipes 17a and 17b provided on the back surface of the frame 1 and extending in the vertical direction, and a pressing plate 18 (also referred to as a pressing member) is provided above the elevating rod 17c. Are mounted in an inverted V shape. On the other hand, a balance weight 21 having a mass corresponding to the elevating rod 17c is inserted in a guide cylinder 22 so as to be able to elevate and lower, and is attached to the pulleys 23, 23.
The lower end of the lifting rod 17c and the balance weight 21 are connected via a wire 24. Therefore, the lifting rod 17c can be lifted and lowered with a slight external force.

Next, a drive mechanism for vertically moving the elevating rod 17c will be described. The handle 19 provided on the right front side of the frame 1 (see FIG. 1) is a shaft 19
It is attached to a, and when the handle 19 is turned, the sprocket 19b at the shaft end of the shaft 19a rotates. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the chain 20 hung on the sprocket 19b and the sprockets 19c and 19d attached to the frame 1 side has one end on the upper end of the lifting rod 17c and the other end on the lower end. It is connected.

Now, the assembling of the box using the assembling apparatus having the above construction will be described. The pattern paper S is punched out into the predetermined shape shown in FIG. 7 described above, and has a folding groove shown by a broken line. However, the center line L-L is provided with perforations so that the box can be manually divided. In the middle portion of the pattern S, there are bent pieces S ₀ , S ₁ ,
Side pieces extending from the intermediate portion to the left and right is divided into S ₂ to S ₅ attached each four folding grooves. Although S ₀ is a partition, it is configured so as to be an outer wall when the box is divided.

First, as shown in FIG. 8, the template S is placed on the template mounting surface of the frame 1, the side edge of the intermediate portion of the template S is brought into contact with the abutment plate 2a, and the bottom of the stop plate 2b. Insert into. Subsequently, the pressing member 2c is operated to sandwich and hold the other side edge of the pattern paper S. Since the setting of the pattern S is completed by this, the step board 9e (see FIG. 2) is stepped on to rotate the first bending member 3 to erect the bent pieces S ₀ , S ₁ . At the same time, since the second bending members 7a and 7b are also rotated, as shown in FIG. 9, the pattern paper S is bent at a predetermined angle between the intermediate portion and the side piece, and the side surfaces are almost simultaneously bent. pieces are folded downwardly (outward) in contact with ₄ parts S is roller 16c, the 16d. This is the first step. At this time, the first and second levers 9a and 9b are in the positions shown in FIG. 6 (b).

The next second step is a step of stepping on the step board 9e (see FIG. 2) to the end. In this second step, the first lever 9a returns to the original position (see FIG. 6C), and the first bending member 3 returns to the substantially horizontal state in which it is separated from the bending pieces S ₀ and S ₁ . On the other hand, the second lever 9b is further rotated, and as shown in FIG.
a, 7b is holds with the S ₂ parts of side pieces in the standing state, the second bending member 7a, toe portion of 7b are pushed toward the center of the box to S ₃ parts of the side pieces of paper S . At this time, since the side piece has a crease between S ₃ and S ₄ , the tip portions S ₅ are likely to contact each other. The bent pieces S ₀ and S ₁ are sandwiched by the S ₂ portion serving as the outer wall to maintain the standing state.

Next, the third step of folding the side pieces of the paper pattern S inward with the peripheral wall of the box raised will be described. Continuing from the second step, the handle plate 19 is rotated and the pressing plate 19 is lowered while the step plate 9e is fully depressed. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, after visually confirming that the tip end portion S ₅ of the side piece of the pattern paper S is correctly fitted in the pressing plate 18, the handle 19 is further rotated to rotate the pressing plate 1.
Completely lower 8 (see Figure 12). Thus, the side pieces of the paper pattern S are folded to form the inner side surface, the inner bottom surface and the inner partition which continue to the outer wall of the box, and the inner partition part S
_The slit provided in ₅ is fitted into the bending pieces S ₀ and S ₁ to complete the box. Thereafter, the foot is removed from the step board 9e, the handle 19 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the pressing plate 18 is retracted upward, and the box assembling apparatus is set to the initial state.

The box assembling apparatus of the above-mentioned embodiment is relatively compact, so that it can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily moved.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the drive mechanism is of a manual operation type so that the box assembly apparatus can be used even without power equipment, but the drive mechanism is not limited to this, and a motor, an air cylinder or the like is appropriately provided. You can also make the operation easier. The material of the box is not particularly limited to paper, and any synthetic resin or other foldable sheet-like material may be used, and the shape of the paper pattern can be appropriately changed.

[0025]

As described above in detail, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
By using the box assembling apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly assemble the box into a regular shape, and thus it is possible to significantly reduce the labor of the assembling work. Further, according to the second aspect, since it is possible to make a crease on the side piece of the pattern with an extremely simple structure, it becomes easy to stabilize the posture of the side piece during bending, and the pressing member can be simplified accordingly. The box assembling apparatus can be constructed and the box assembling apparatus can be manufactured at low cost. Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the operator operates the foot-operated drive lever and the manual handle, the work efficiency is good, and the box can be easily assembled even without a power facility.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a box assembling apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the box assembling apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the box assembling apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the box assembling apparatus according to the embodiment.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the lever of the embodiment, where FIG. 6A is a state before stepping on, FIG.
(C) shows the state where it has been completely depressed.

FIG. 7 is a development view of a paper pattern.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the template is set in the box assembling apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a first step in which a pattern is folded halfway.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a second step in which the template is folded halfway.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a third step of pushing down the tip end of the side piece of the paper pattern.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the folding of the paper pattern is finished.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a box.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 frame 2a contact plate (locking member) 2b stop plate (locking member) 2c pressing member (locking member) 3 first bending member 7a, 7b second bending member 9a first lever 9b 2 Lever (driving lever) 16c, 16d Roller (obstructive member) 18 Holding plate (pushing member) 19 Handle

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A box assembling apparatus that folds a predetermined pattern to assemble a box, wherein a frame having a substantially horizontal placement surface on which the pattern is placed and a side edge of an intermediate portion of the pattern is locked to the frame. A locking member that is movably provided and that positions and holds the side edge of the template on the placement surface, and a pattern that is rotatably provided on the frame and that abuts on the intermediate portion and is formed there. A first bending member capable of taking an upright posture in which the folding piece is bent upward, and a standing posture in which the folding piece is rotatably provided on the frame and abuts against a side piece of the pattern paper extending from the intermediate portion and bends the side piece upward. The second bending member to be obtained and the frame, which is provided so as to be able to move up and down, engages with the tip end of the side piece in the upright state when pushing down from the upper retracted position separated from the placement surface, and pushes down the tip end. By that side piece A pressing member for bending the first bending member, a box assembling device being characterized in that a drive mechanism capable of driving the second bending member and a pressing member. 2. The frame is provided with a baffle member configured to come into contact with the side piece of the template when being bent upward by the second bending member and to pass through in a state of being folded back downward. Item 1. The box assembling apparatus according to Item 1. 3. The box according to claim 2, wherein the drive mechanism includes a foot-operated drive lever capable of rotating the first and second bending members, and a manual handle capable of moving up and down the pressing member. Assembly equipment.